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Adaptations
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form
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The Hour Before My Brother Dies
( dir. James Clayden
)
Australia
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
1986
6075869
1986
single work
film/TV
crime
'Adapted from the stage play by Daniel Keene. Sally visits her brother Martin, the hour before he is due to be hanged for murder. What is the hold these two have on each other physically and emotionally?'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 21/6/2013)
Notes
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The French version was published as part of a series of Australian plays in French; the original English version has not been published.
Production Details
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First produced in Melbourne, July 1985, by the Univeral Theatre in North Fitzroy.
Cast: John Howard and Rhonda Wilson.
Later performed in New York, January 1986; Sydney, July 1990; and Lodz, Poland, December 1991.
An adaptation for television was performed in Canada at the Banff International Television Festival.
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